Olympic showjumping

Re it looking too easy, this is just the 'welcome' to get the horses in the ring, so it is much smaller than it will be in a couple of days' time. The big push today is to do well so as to get a good spot in the running order.
 
There will be lots of clears today, it's just the qualifying competition, to get the horses into the arena and determine running order. In fact anyone who isn't clear or close to it today should be worried!
 
Honey08 said:
Thats a pretty impressive site isn't it - tells you who is in at the moment and who is next etc. Dreadful mugshots of the riders though!

I've just turned on (got caught up with the triathlon!) and are there really that many gone clear?
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been using it throughout the whole games got everything you need to know about every sport...brilliant website
 
Re long shanks, some are hackamores, some are combination bridles, a few are probably wearing shanked gags of some devotion.

As far as overkill, likely not as an over-bitted horse won't keep jumping but these horses are very strong, in an exciting situation, and modern courses require very fine adjustments.
 
TarrSteps said:
There will be lots of clears today, it's just the qualifying competition, to get the horses into the arena and determine running order. In fact anyone who isn't clear or close to it today should be worried!
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Ever since I started watching I seem to have jinxed things! Poles going all over and a few stops!
 
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